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“Good Natured” Bicyclist Dies in Berkeley After Hit by Volkswagen

A 62-year-old man died Monday afternoon after he was hit by a Volkswagen while riding his bicycle in the Berkeley hills, according to the Alameda County coroner's bureau.

Kurt Wehner of Berkeley was riding south on Spruce Street at about 8:15 a.m. Sunday when a man driving a black Volkswagen hatchback hit him while driving east on Eunice Street, police said.

Wehner was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland with life-threatening injuries and remained there until Monday afternoon, when he was pronounced dead at 4:08 p.m., officials said.

Wehner's cousin, John Lutterman of Anchorage, Alaska, wrote on Facebook that Wehner had been taken off life support.

"Kurt, and his brother Todd, turned me on to serious biking when I was a kid. I'll miss Kurt's endlessly good-natured Heyoka spirit," Lutterman wrote.

The Volkswagen's driver remained at the scene after the crash and cooperated with the investigation.

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